Project Description

Charles Robert Ashbee was an Arts and Crafts goldsmith, architect and designer. He founded the School and Guild of Handicraft in the third quarter of the nineteenth-century and designed many exquisite pieces of fine jewellery, silverware, furniture and household objects. He did this because of a dedication to create beautiful things. He and the Guild would influence many people and have far-reaching effects which continue today. His driving force came from a far more worthy and meaningful source than just the making of pretty things; from the outset it was to bring about self-worth, well-being and social reform.